Clostridium difficile acquisition rate and its role in nosocomial diarrhoea at a university hospital in Turkey

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-394

  Söyletir, Güner ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Nosocomial diarrhoea; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTACID AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LAXATIVE; QUINOLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0029780414     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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